μόλυνση

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Greek[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Learned borrowing from Koine Greek μόλυνσις (mólunsis, defilement) with -ση (-si) ending and semantic loan from English pollution.[1]

Noun[edit]

μόλυνση (mólynsif (plural μολύνσεις)

  1. (pathology) infection
  2. contagion
  3. (ecology) contamination, pollution
    Synonym: ρύπανση f (rýpansi)

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References[edit]

  1. ^ μόλυνσηΛεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.

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